Match preview Championship: Birmingham City - Wigan Athletic at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City are welcoming Wigan Athletic for another important game after their 2-3 result against 24th-placed Wigan Athletic.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Birmingham City are 5-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Millwall game.

Birmingham City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Wigan Athletic (placed 24th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Leeds United (4-5).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Birmingham City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Birmingham City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Birmingham City have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Championship, after 0-4-9 (13 played).

Two travels in a row for Wigan Athletic, whose manager P. Cook could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Birmingham City. Prior to that match, the Wigan Athletic manager P. Cook faced defeat when travelling to Nottingham Forest and losing 0-1.

Wigan Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The attacking power of Wigan Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Wigan Athletic have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Birmingham City - Wigan Athletic 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Birmingham City victories, 3 draws and 5 Wigan Athletic wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
7 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Dunkley
C. Dunkley
5 goals
Birmingham CityK. Pedersen
K. Pedersen
3 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 14 26
8 5 3 Won W 0 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 8
13 6 0 Lost L 3 9 13
31 19 6 Scored S 2 12 24
43 20 2 Conceded C 5 24 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 92%
73% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 69%
46% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 46%
23% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 27%
23% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 8%
54% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
15% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
31% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 38%
 
5.4 6.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 6.3 6
5.5 4.9 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.8
2 1.7 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 3
 
325 182 48 Total Shots T S 39 159 286
95 59 18 Shots on Target S O 7 49 89
33% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest points (4) away
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (21)
  • Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (24)
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

Birmingham City:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.